Add documentation warnings for weak algorithms

MD2, MD4, MD5, DES and SHA-1 are considered weak and their use
constitutes a security risk. If possible, we recommend avoiding
dependencies on them, and considering stronger message digests and
ciphers instead.
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Hanno Becker 2017-09-25 14:53:51 +01:00 committed by Jaeden Amero
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@ -2,6 +2,10 @@
* \file des.h
*
* \brief DES block cipher
*
* \warning DES is considered a weak cipher and its use constitutes a
* security risk. We recommend considering stronger ciphers
* instead.
*/
/*
* Copyright (C) 2006-2015, ARM Limited, All Rights Reserved
@ -20,6 +24,7 @@
* limitations under the License.
*
* This file is part of mbed TLS (https://tls.mbed.org)
*
*/
#ifndef MBEDTLS_DES_H
#define MBEDTLS_DES_H
@ -51,6 +56,10 @@ extern "C" {
/**
* \brief DES context structure
*
* \warning DES is considered a weak cipher and its use constitutes a
* security risk. We recommend considering stronger ciphers
* instead.
*/
typedef struct
{
@ -71,6 +80,10 @@ mbedtls_des3_context;
* \brief Initialize DES context
*
* \param ctx DES context to be initialized
*
* \warning DES is considered a weak cipher and its use constitutes a
* security risk. We recommend considering stronger ciphers
* instead.
*/
void mbedtls_des_init( mbedtls_des_context *ctx );
@ -78,6 +91,10 @@ void mbedtls_des_init( mbedtls_des_context *ctx );
* \brief Clear DES context
*
* \param ctx DES context to be cleared
*
* \warning DES is considered a weak cipher and its use constitutes a
* security risk. We recommend considering stronger ciphers
* instead.
*/
void mbedtls_des_free( mbedtls_des_context *ctx );
@ -102,6 +119,10 @@ void mbedtls_des3_free( mbedtls_des3_context *ctx );
* a parity bit to allow verification.
*
* \param key 8-byte secret key
*
* \warning DES is considered a weak cipher and its use constitutes a
* security risk. We recommend considering stronger ciphers
* instead.
*/
void mbedtls_des_key_set_parity( unsigned char key[MBEDTLS_DES_KEY_SIZE] );
@ -114,6 +135,10 @@ void mbedtls_des_key_set_parity( unsigned char key[MBEDTLS_DES_KEY_SIZE] );
* \param key 8-byte secret key
*
* \return 0 is parity was ok, 1 if parity was not correct.
*
* \warning DES is considered a weak cipher and its use constitutes a
* security risk. We recommend considering stronger ciphers
* instead.
*/
int mbedtls_des_key_check_key_parity( const unsigned char key[MBEDTLS_DES_KEY_SIZE] );
@ -123,6 +148,10 @@ int mbedtls_des_key_check_key_parity( const unsigned char key[MBEDTLS_DES_KEY_SI
* \param key 8-byte secret key
*
* \return 0 if no weak key was found, 1 if a weak key was identified.
*
* \warning DES is considered a weak cipher and its use constitutes a
* security risk. We recommend considering stronger ciphers
* instead.
*/
int mbedtls_des_key_check_weak( const unsigned char key[MBEDTLS_DES_KEY_SIZE] );
@ -133,6 +162,10 @@ int mbedtls_des_key_check_weak( const unsigned char key[MBEDTLS_DES_KEY_SIZE] );
* \param key 8-byte secret key
*
* \return 0
*
* \warning DES is considered a weak cipher and its use constitutes a
* security risk. We recommend considering stronger ciphers
* instead.
*/
int mbedtls_des_setkey_enc( mbedtls_des_context *ctx, const unsigned char key[MBEDTLS_DES_KEY_SIZE] );
@ -143,6 +176,10 @@ int mbedtls_des_setkey_enc( mbedtls_des_context *ctx, const unsigned char key[MB
* \param key 8-byte secret key
*
* \return 0
*
* \warning DES is considered a weak cipher and its use constitutes a
* security risk. We recommend considering stronger ciphers
* instead.
*/
int mbedtls_des_setkey_dec( mbedtls_des_context *ctx, const unsigned char key[MBEDTLS_DES_KEY_SIZE] );
@ -198,6 +235,10 @@ int mbedtls_des3_set3key_dec( mbedtls_des3_context *ctx,
* \param output 64-bit output block
*
* \return 0 if successful
*
* \warning DES is considered a weak cipher and its use constitutes a
* security risk. We recommend considering stronger ciphers
* instead.
*/
int mbedtls_des_crypt_ecb( mbedtls_des_context *ctx,
const unsigned char input[8],
@ -221,6 +262,10 @@ int mbedtls_des_crypt_ecb( mbedtls_des_context *ctx,
* \param iv initialization vector (updated after use)
* \param input buffer holding the input data
* \param output buffer holding the output data
*
* \warning DES is considered a weak cipher and its use constitutes a
* security risk. We recommend considering stronger ciphers
* instead.
*/
int mbedtls_des_crypt_cbc( mbedtls_des_context *ctx,
int mode,
@ -279,6 +324,10 @@ int mbedtls_des3_crypt_cbc( mbedtls_des3_context *ctx,
*
* \param SK Round keys
* \param key Base key
*
* \warning DES is considered a weak cipher and its use constitutes a
* security risk. We recommend considering stronger ciphers
* instead.
*/
void mbedtls_des_setkey( uint32_t SK[32],
const unsigned char key[MBEDTLS_DES_KEY_SIZE] );